Iomega MiniMax Hard Drive, FireWire/USB 1TB
Add 1TB of capacity to your Apple Mac mini with the Iomega MiniMax stackable Desktop Hard Drive.
- Easily stacks with the Apple Mac mini and Airport Extreme
- Compact design won't clutter your desktop
- Easily expandable with additional MiniMax hard drives
Overview
Add 1TB of capacity to your Apple Mac mini with the Iomega MiniMax Desktop Hard Drive. Its compact, stackable design fits perfectly with your Mac mini or Airport Extreme.
Maximum capacity, minimum effort
Enjoy maximum storage to manage, organise and protect your digital files in stylish simplicity. Save up to 4,000,000 photos, 18,500 hours of music, or 1500 hours of video.
The sky's the limit
You can even expand your Mac's capacity further, linking to additional Iomega MiniMax hard drives with the three-port FireWire 400 and three-port USB 2.0 integrated hub – the possibilities are endless.
Did you notice?
- Now compatible with Mac OS X 10.5 including Time Machine
Features
- Easily stacks with the Apple Mac mini and Airport Extreme or additional Iomega MiniMax hard drives
- Micro security slot designed to allow drive to be anchored to a desk
- Three-port FireWire and three-port USB 2.0 hub for expansion
- Now compatible with Mac OS X 10.5 including Time Machine
- Powered by an Energy Star qualified adapter for a better energy efficiency
Apple recommends for...
Use as a stackable storage solution to complement your Mac mini.
Technical specifications
Transfer rates:
- FireWire: 400 Mbits/s
- USB 2.0: up to 480 Mbits/s
Rotational speed: 7200 RPM
Memory cache: 8MB or greater
Formatted in: HFS+
System requirements
Mac
- Power Mac G3 or greater
- Requires Mac OS X 10.1 or above
- 128MB RAM or higher
PC
- 300mhz processor or higher
- Microsoft Windows 2000 Professional; XP Home/XP Professional; Vista
- 256MB RAM or higher
- Drive must be reformatted for use with a PC (instructions included).
Requires Apple Safari 1.2, or higher, Microsoft Internet Explorer 6.0, Firefox 1.0, browser, built-in USB or FireWire 400 connection.
What's in the box?
- MiniMax Desktop Hard Drive
- Cables: USB 1.1/2.0, FireWire 400 and power supply
- Quick Start Guide
- Solutions CD including backup software
Warranty
- 2 Year warranty
Most Recent Reviews
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Iomega MiniMax Hard Drive, FireWire/USB 1TB
Unreliable
Written by GE from OXFORD
Apr 21, 2009
I bought one of these as I thought it would complement my Apple setup well, both in terms of looks and in terms of storage capacit…Read morey. I was also excited about the prospect of having additional USB ports to use.
Unfortunately, the drive died and I had to return it after less than 12 hours of use. I read around on the internet, and it seems that this is not an uncommon occurrence for Iomega drives, so I elected to take a refund and buy a 1TB Western Digital model.
My advice is to steer clear of this one.(1 of 1 people found this review useful)
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Iomega MiniMax Hard Drive, FireWire/USB 1TB
Hot Hard Drive
Written by GR from Haydon Bridge
Apr 2, 2009
I have the 500 gig version of this drive.
The makers (and the Applestore website) suggest stacking the Mac on top of the drive, b…Read moreut I found that made everything run really hot. I prefer not to do that, so I put them side by side although there is a height difference between the drive and the Mac Mini.
It's almost as quiet as the Mini, although I have it and the Mac standing on some quarter inch thick rigid foam tiles, to prevent mechanical vibration resonating through the shelf. If there is a fan in the box it's silent.
The drive has three USB2 and three Firewire connections; and like the Mac, these are all on the back of the box. (Why not put some on the front?) If you connect using firewire, then the USB ports on the drive do nothing, and vice versa. You cannot connect using both. I have my iPod Mini dock daisy chained off the back of the drive using Firewire, but the Mac doesn't 'see' the iPod unless the Iomega drive is switched on.
One other point is that this drive doesn't appear to spin down if you unmount it, so if I really need total silence (when I'm recording music) I have to switch it off at the back.
Comes supplied with Dantz Retrospect, although with Time Machine, you probably won't need it.
All in all, a pretty nice product. There are cheaper 500 gig drives out there, but this one just about looks the part.(1 of 1 people found this review useful)
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Iomega MiniMax Hard Drive, FireWire/USB 1TB
troublesome beginning
Written by SK from HELSINKI
Mar 30, 2009
plugged in firewire cable. it worked like a breeze for a half an hour and then it just died. i've no idea what happened but as i w…Read moreas copying files from mac mini to minimax, the device suddenly stopped functioning. i switched to USB, back to firewire, also tried with MBP — no success. neither of computers could recognise the device anymore. i realised that hard drive makes no sound at all when switched on. it's dead silent.
i had been waiting for minimax for quite some weeks so of course it was rather big disappointed.
i've no previous experience on iomega products and it's up to their customer support if there will any future experience. it goes without saying that i'm somewhat disappointed with the device's functionality.
maybe i'm was just unlucky, this cannot be happening to others, right?(3 of 3 people found this review useful)
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Iomega MiniMax Hard Drive, FireWire/USB 1TB
magic mac storage
Written by AT from HARPENDEN
Dec 13, 2008
removed from box, pluged in firewire to firewire cable between mini and hard disk
opened time machine clicked to on selected driv…Read moree, mini backed up!
i have 80GB on the mini the back-up took about 3hrs ,so all is good!
if anyone knows how to divide up the memory on the external hard-drive so i can move my files onto it and free up some working space on the mac can you let me know
haven't figured that one out yet
thanks(55 of 65 people found this review useful)
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Iomega MiniMax Hard Drive, FireWire/USB 1TB
Very useful
Written by AW from Blackheath
Feb 20, 2009
I went looking for a USB2 hub for my iMac & ended up buting this as it is such good value. It's not just for Mac Mini's.
(13 of 13 people found this review useful)
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Iomega MiniMax Hard Drive, FireWire/USB 1TB
Excellent Drive all round.
Written by TA from London
Mar 22, 2009
I've had the Minimax for a little over 2 months now, and have been immensely satisfied. The drive is for the most part silent, wi…Read moreth only a little noise during intensive use; even then the fan is hardly noticeable. If you want quiet; this drive is an excellent choice.
In terms of looks; the drive fits perfectly alongside the Mac Mini (i have mine stacked). Although the Minimax is plastic rather the aluminium it would take a very keen eye to notice. Admittedly the illuminated 'i' logo on the front can be annoying as it flickers when transferring data; but unless you have it in your bedroom its not a problem.
The drive would have got 5 stars; however the first drive i got died after two days and had to be sent back-so word of warning, don't rush to download all your files straight away; give your drive a few days to settle in. The replacement has worked almost non stop for the two months since with no issue.
The drive works perfectly with time machine; either wired with the firewire/usb connection or wirelessly (if you start time machine with it wired though, you can't then switch to wireless back ups)
overall, an excellent choice. It comes pre-formatted in Mac extended journaled so no reformatting is needed.
I'd give it five stars for noise level, speed, performance, reliability and style, marking it down only for Iomega's quality control!(6 of 6 people found this review useful)
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